Hi I am 5 weeks pregnant. I have just been to the pregnancy clinic to see a dietician and consultant. Before I left a consultant started telling me that because my hba1c was 11.8 at conception I need to think about having a termination because I’m extremely high risk of miscarriage, but that my baby will have an abnormality or die at birth. Can anyone give me any help with this are they just trying to scare me?
Sweetheart, I so feel for you I really do and I send you a big, big sisterly hug.
My own hba1c was 8.2 when I found out I was pregnant so not that far from your own and I was terrified as you must be especially after what the consultant said. Can I ask if he was a diabetic consultant or had any experience of diabetes in pregnancy? When I found out I obsessively checked the internet which obviously made me even more frightened, so perhaps not a good idea ... but I was lucky and the doctors and nurses were very supportive. I had been taking folic acid for a long time on the off chance the hospital allowed me to try for a baby... but they were great and they helped me get me hba1c down to 6.2 within two weeks. .. however it stayed always in the 6.5-7.3 range during the pregnancy so not perfect by any means. I did all the tests possible that they told me to do and had a healthy baby boy.
I would agree with all the other posters to get an appointment with the diabetic hospital team who deal with diabetes in pregnancy if this wasn’t one. You need a well trained team to help you with all that’s going to come next. All the decisions you make must be well informed through receiving the right treatment from your team. Fight to get it.
I wish you all the best. I really do... it’s so hard to be diabetic and being pregnant without perfect control happens to the best of us ... and it’s scary, very scary all sorts of things pass through your head I remember feeling so guilty. Your post took me straight back to those days ... diabetes makes life and especially pregnancy very difficult but you are strong as all us diabetics are and you will find the right people to help you decide what is best for you and your baby.
You are 5 weeks pregnant so you need to move fast to sort out your control as that is what you can do for you and your baby and the doctors should move mountains to help you. You need to do this as fast as you can and I’d advise you to get a Libre if you haven’t got one already, it will make such a difference to your blood glucose control. People on this forum have found them for 35 pounds from Superdrug.
I’m almost sure that pregnant women will get them free on the NHS.
As others have said we can’t help in any other way but be supportive as only your medical team will have the clinical info but we are here to be as supportive as we possibly can and be your diabetic family. xxx
I’m sending you my love and super best wishes. Xxx
